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Finastra, Marketnode partner to automate credit onboarding

The combined solution enables financial institutions to automate data extraction and onboarding workflows, reducing reliance on manual input and improving operational efficiency.

CBE, Addis Ababa Strike Deal to Digitise Accounts Across 600 Public Institutions

The arrangement covers 119 woredas and more than 600 public institutions, including schools and health facilities.

Mastercard signs agreements in Ethiopia with StarPay and Choice Microfinance

he collaboration is designed to expand digital payment adoption, support merchant access, and enable cross-border transaction capabilities for Ethiopian businesses and consumers.

Nubank integrates Pix, debit, and credit in single tap payment

Authentication will required for each transaction, using either device biometrics or a password.

Personetics and Atomic Partner to Help Banks Measure Deposit Growth

The two companies will deliver a native, end-to-end solution for contextual direct deposit and billpay switching that sits within the digital banking experience.

Mastercard rolls out authenticated agentic transactions across ASEAN

The rollout uses Mastercard Agent Pay, which combines tokenised credentials, Mastercard Agentic Tokens, and Payment Passkeys to ensure every AI-initiated transaction is authenticated, aligned with consumer authorisation, and end-to-end auditable.

Hope Bancorp acquires SMBC MANUBANK CBU unit

The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

Lloyds tests quantum computing to crack money mule networks

The experiment tested multiple quantum algorithms to see whether patterns of known money mule behaviour could be identified within a larger transactional graph.

UnionPay launches Agentic Payment Open Protocol framework

The APOP framework aims to establish a unified trust mechanism and interaction paradigm.

Flutterwave secures Nigerian banking licence

The development is significant for Nigeria’s rapidly expanding digital payments ecosystem, where trillions of naira are processed annually.

Paymentology taps Bank Zero to scale digital banking access

The collaboration marks Bank Zero’s first alliance partnership and is aimed at enabling third-party organisations to participate more easily in the financial ecosystem.

Paysecure and Yaspa team up to grow payments IQ

Unlike standard payment gateways that simply move money, Yaspa's system turns every transaction into a touchpoint for identity verification, financial health, and risk assessment.

Why people, not tech, drive card system success

McKinsey & Co claim around 70% of all technology transformations fail to meet their targets — a sobering figure given that eight in ten European banks are currently engaged in such programmes

Creditsafe expands into UK consumer credit reporting

Creditsafe sees an opportunity to improve how the market operates by placing higher‑quality data and modern, well‑governed data‑sharing frameworks at the centre of its approach.

slice rolls out UPI-linked credit card to all users

The card carries no joining, annual, or maintenance fees, and enables payments through QR codes or UPI IDs, similar to standard UPI transactions.

TrusTrace lays claim to strong early traction for One Retail Hub supply chain compliance solution

Built in collaboration with seven retailers, including Zalando, Boozt, Asos, and About You, the platform enables brands to complete a single unified assessment and share it instantly across all participating retailers.

SCBX forms BankX for Thai virtual bank bid

Bangkok-based SCBX teams with WeBank Technology Services and KakaoBank as Thailand moves toward licensing its first virtual banks.

Nexi expands partnership with PayPal

For PayPal, this marks a strategic step in strengthening its presence within the European payments ecosystem and broadening access to its solutions for merchants.

UK digital wallet spend to reach £453bn by 2030, study shows

From Gen Z to retirees: digital wallets’ cross-generational rise will unlock £453 bn of UK spend by 2030

Mastercard completes live agentic transaction in Hong Kong with HSBC and DBS

The transaction used tokenized credentials authenticated with Mastercard Payment Passkeys to ensure consumer verification and data protection.

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